Board at Fall City Day 2017with Treehouse Point celebrities Pete and Judy Nelson

(Left to right), Anne Neilson, (expert on internet searches), Paula Spence(a Lake Alice neighbor), Cindy Parks(Founding member and keeper of our Facebook page),Pete and Judy Nelson, Donna Driver-Kummen(Founding Member and the Display Queen), Ruth Pickering(Founding Member and most likely to be in the Office), Leanne Adcox(with Burns and Stow family connections)

We look forward each year to this opportunity to be "out in the community" with our booth and displays. Our three-tent "pavilion" is becoming a landmark of the event, sure to be worth visiting. In addition to offering a unique exhibit each year, we make available books and the items in our "History in Your Hand" series.

We thank the members of the Snoqualmie Tribe and the Culture Group, who accepted our invitation to bring a display to our space this year and met with us to discuss ideas. Special thanks to Wayne Graika (shown with canoe paddles above) who was available all day to demonstrate and answer questions about various types of carving and to Buzz Cloud who demonstrated the preparation of cedar bark for use in baskets and clothing. Ginger de los Angeles created the cedar bark cape shown above and helped design the board on weaving with cedar bark. Angela Wymer brought together the information for the language area, including a story about Kingfisher and a recording of the story in the traditional Lushootseed language. The display and your presence were much enjoyed!

Our new glass, with a traditional Salish Salmon design is now available in our Gift Shop and at Farmhouse Market.

2017: A hoppin’ good time!

The weather behaved, the crowds were steady
and a good time was had by all. Our centerpiece
was a 1:12 model of the Fall City Hop Shed
as it might have looked when it was in use on Davis
Rutherford’s farm. And those who wished
could pick up a cardstock printout to construct a
hand-sized hop shed model!

As usual, Donna Driver-Kummen put together an attractive display.
Several people shared dried hops… lots of chances to smell the distinctive
aroma! Dick and Kris Kirby loaned a wooden-slat hop picking basket
from their antique collection. Janice Pankratz loaned a small hop
basket and an interesting wreath containing dried hops.

We were able to share many historic photos from a variety of regional
collections.

To make our "Hop Shed", download the plans here. It works best if you print the plan out on white cardstock.